Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-28

She proved herself bouyant as a cork, and
recovering quickly from the added weight
caused by shipping one heavy cargo of
water on her decks, she would meet and
mount the next wave as gracefully as a
swan. The only damage sustained was
the parting of the iron twin buckle of the
starbOard bobstay This was quickly re-
placed with double block tackle. To the
i've fresh water sailors who had taken pas
sage in the saloon, the movements of the
yacht seemed somewhat erratic and all but
one, the man who had travelled over deep
water enough to entitle him to be called
son of Neptune, quickly suecumbed
to sea sickness. Early. in the af-
ternOon the gale abated and was
succeeded by light, puffy breeze from the
northwest and light intermittent rains.
The sea continued high and prevented the
carrying of fair spread of canvas, owing
TO the heavy strain it would entail on the
masts in quick lurch. Navigator Ander-
sons observation showed that in the time
which had actually elapsed between the
time of the start and Sunday noon, the
COrOnet had sailed 2iS nautical miles
Her position was 39:5l north latitude and
6S:4l west longitude. The succeeding day
was busy one for the sailors. Both
watches were on deck during part OF the
twenty-four hours. The wind was so
light, puffy and capriciOus, that it re-
quired almost
CONTINUAL CHANGING OF SAILS
and hauling of sheets. The sea continued
turbulent and the yacht at times rolled so
violently as to threaten the stability of the
spars. The pressure of the wind against
the main sail was not sufficient to hold the
gaff steady-and when it appeared proba-
bic early in the morning that the swaying
OF the gaif would carry away the masthead
the mainsail was replaced by the storm
| trySails. 1t was now that the immense
square sail did good service, for when
spread to cOunterbalance the deficiency Of
canvass aStern it carried the yacht along
much faster, Gghtened her much by the
head and prevented her taking such guam
titles of water on deck, rs when under
mainsail the boom used to spread its foot
to windward.
1t was, however, found impraCticable in n
heavy beam sea, owing TO its Jamming the
saddle at the fore mast and it was unship-
ped. Towards sunset the water became
smoother and all the sails were again set.
A calm followed and at midnight there
was not sufficient air astir to ilutter the
pennant The distance travelled from
Monday noon to Tuesday was 244 miles
nearly due East, bringing the yacht to lati-
tude 400 OF Is" north longitude 63 23".
Early on Tuesday morning wind rose
from the Northeast and by daylight it
RTEW GALES
The canvas was reduced to double reeied
mainSails and fOreSail with the sonnet out,
and reeied forestry sail. The boat was
bowling along at the rate of twelve knots
with dry deck, when, between = and .
o'clock in the morning, the wind shifted
to south southeast blowing at the rate OF
sixty miles an hour. The sudden change
caused an ugly cross Sea-creSt OF the
waves, breaking over the rails in rapid
succession and keeping the decks almost
constantly submerged. Toward midnight
the wind and sea subsidized considerably,
and by Wednesday morning the wind got
round to the southwest. The we lther
was almost an exact reproduction of Tues
day. Early in the evening there was another
briefcalm. with aSwell, and when the breeze
next appeared it came from the west, mod
crate enough to allow us Ia carry n mOder
ate amount of sail. At : q. IN. the first
object sighted after the first day out was Il
brig bound south, but she was not near
enough to be signalled. At p. M,
westward bound ship, sailing under close
reefed topsails, was sighted six miles to
the nurthward The distance traversed on
an east by north course, on Tuesday, was
lS5 miles, and on Wednesday 2l6 miles.
The yachts positions, rs established by
Tuesdays observation, were as follows:
Latitude 400 81, longitude $50 -, A.;
"Wednesday. latitude % Al 25',, longitude
90 As. The most terrific storm of the
series occurred
On ST. PATRICE'S DAY.
II was not unexpected, for the indicator
on the barometer whose tendency had
been downward for three days, suddenly
dropped from 1920 To 2S'5l. The storm
first developed soon after midnight in sharp
squalls from the southwest, with A driv-
ing rain. The wind was titiul for time,
coming vauously from south, southeast to
southwest and south, but finally settled
upon southwest. At IL u III. it began
blowing with great velocity, by noon had
become hurricane, and two hours later
the winds speed was estimated at 40 miles
an hour. 1t WAS grand hattie OF the
elements, such as is seldom witnessed.
The waves were almost mountains high.
Their surface was lashed into snow white
foam, and as the head Of one rose higher
than another the wind carried it of in
dense spray, which, when driven into ones
face, felt like stabs from scores of needles.
The roaring of the wind was like pro-
Ionged peal of thunder, and the resem-
blanee was completed by an occasionally
vivid flash of lightning. This was
A SEVERE TEST
for 80 small boat rs the COronet. As she
sank in the trough of tine sea it seemed AS
if the wave, 3 which, lwere half-mast high,
would engulf her. Under reefed Tore try
sail she was plunged along by the wind
at the rate of nine knots, and despite
great volumes of water breaking over
the deck. weathered the storm wonder
fully well. When quite $40 p. m. the
fury of the hurricane seemed to be
increasing instead of diminishing, Captain
Crosby, fearful that the yacht would not
hold together much longer If driven
through Such sea- anu not DelnS "llllhS
to ieopardize his own life and the lives OF
those on board by'running at night where
it was reasonable to suppose there were
iceberss, decided to lay to until
the storm had ceased. A favor
able opportunity offering, when the
crests of the waves were mOmentarlly
far apart the vessels head was
brought around toward the wind. Held
in this position under only reefed foretry
sail she could make little progress in any
direction. At midnight the wind and sea
had moderated considerably and the
schooner WAS again got under way, run
ming before wind under reeied Ioretry sail
and forestay sail. The yachts position
Thursday noon was latitude 4l|27,/, lOngi-
tude 5O,Os'', having travelled 2ll Is miles
since the previous noon.
Discussing the Race.
New YORK, March 27.-The rooms of
the New York Yacht Club were well filled
, al, ,,,a,,, ,lars Of the rlnh diSrnSS-